Hamas Won’t Compromise with the Palestinian Authority, and Gazans Won’t Overthrow Hamas
Israel shouldn’t sacrifice its own security on the altar of Gazans’ living conditions.
July 24, 2017
Israel’s Fatal Illusions at Oslo
The story behind the handshake.
In his review of the Tony-winning play Oslo, Neil Rogachevsky addressed the illusions about human nature, diplomacy, and Yasir Arafat that led to the much-celebrated 1993 agreement between Israel and the PLO. Now he discusses the deeply flawed process that led Prime Minister Yitzḥak Rabin to give territory and arms to the Jewish state’s bitterest enemy without first consulting Israel’s national-security establishment or experts in Arab and Palestinian affairs. (Interview by Jonathan Silver. Audio, 50 minutes.)
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Washington Can Make It Much Harder for Iran to Get Troops and Supplies to Syria. But Will It?
Stopping the Persian express.
Israel’s Fatal Illusions at Oslo
The story behind the handshake.
The Libyan Government Is Trying to Keep Control over the Property of Its Expelled Jewish Community
A proposed agreement would honor Libyan claims to historic Jewish objects.
A Forgotten Interview with One of the Great Talmudists of Pre-War Eastern Europe
The Rogachover Gaon.